Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary

Question 0

Bondage

Answer 0

N

-slavery or involuntary servitude

Question 1

Atone

Answer 1

V

-to make amends or reparations, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender

Question 2

Credible

Answer 2

Adj

-capable of being believed; believable

Question 3

Defray

Answer 3

V

-to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc)

Question 4

Diligent

Answer 4

Adj

-constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything

Question 5

Doleful

Answer 5

adj

-sad; sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

Question 6

Hamper

Answer 6

V

-to hold back; hinder; impede

Question 7

Hew

Answer 7

V

• to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack
• to uphold, follow closely, or conform

Question 8

Impoverished

Answer 8

Adj

• reduced to poverty
• deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc

Question 9

Incessant

Answer 9

Adj

-continuing without interruption; never stopping

Question 10

Intricate

Answer 10

Adj

-complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make

Question 11

Lucid

Answer 11

Adj

-easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible

Question 12

Posthumous

Answer 12

Adj

-arising, occurring, or continuing after one’s death

Question 13

Prim

Answer 13

Adj
-formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat

V
-to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way

Question 14

Sardonic

Answer 14

Adj

-characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering

Question 15

Superfluous

Answer 15

Adj

-being more than is sufficient or required; excessive

Question 16

Supplant

Answer 16

V

-to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, etc.

Question 17

Taunt

Answer 17

V

-to reproach in. Sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock

Question 18

Tenacious

Answer 18

Adj

• holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by “of”)
• Pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate

Question 19

Ghastly

Answer 19

Adj

-shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible